I have two options for the location of my two fermentation buckets:
1) pseudo-swamp cooler in my bedroom, where temps change regularly and there's no guarantee I can keep them from creeping into the high 70's or low 80's in the summer months (see this week as an example); or
2) 4 flights of stairs down in the basement, where it probably stays in the mid- to upper 60's during the summer.
I'm constantly fretting about my ferm temps and doing what I can to keep them down (swapping ice bottles twice a day) but it's simply not working. I know the right choice is probably the basement, and maybe I'm being stubborn (SWMBO clearly thinks so), but isn't there a big risk of oxidation if I have to haul up the bucket 4 flights of stairs come bottling time? And now I'm probably rationalizing, but I really like to keep an eye on things, and having the buckets where they are now makes taking gravity readings a cinch.
What's the lesser of two evils?
1) pseudo-swamp cooler in my bedroom, where temps change regularly and there's no guarantee I can keep them from creeping into the high 70's or low 80's in the summer months (see this week as an example); or
2) 4 flights of stairs down in the basement, where it probably stays in the mid- to upper 60's during the summer.
I'm constantly fretting about my ferm temps and doing what I can to keep them down (swapping ice bottles twice a day) but it's simply not working. I know the right choice is probably the basement, and maybe I'm being stubborn (SWMBO clearly thinks so), but isn't there a big risk of oxidation if I have to haul up the bucket 4 flights of stairs come bottling time? And now I'm probably rationalizing, but I really like to keep an eye on things, and having the buckets where they are now makes taking gravity readings a cinch.
What's the lesser of two evils?